This is an analysis of the poem Adieu Paris that begins with:

Adieu, Paris, ville de fer,
Ville de vent, ville de rêve,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX XXXX XXXX XXbc XXdX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XdXX XcXb XdXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101 101101 110110111 11011110 101111 111111 11111101 11111010 1011101 1111100 1111111 1101111 10011111 111111101 101011 1101011 11010110 11011111 11011101 101101 10111011 10111111 011110 111101 111011 11100110 1011111 111111010 10101011 11101110 10111000 11000111 111100 10110110 110010 11110 111110011 1111111 111111 1100111 1111110 1111111101 11101100 11101011 1100001 10111 111110 111111110 1011010 1000011 11111100 111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ville, de, paris, file, la, noir, le, train, toujours are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mon, la, noir are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ve is repeated).

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  • summary of Adieu Paris;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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